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- OASIS for Windows 4.30
- Installation and Startup Guide
-
- This guide covers installation and startup of OASIS for Windows.
- The complete User's Guide is built into the program and is
- accessed by selecting the "Help" option. In order to get the
- most benefit from this program, we strongly suggest that you read
- the user's guide.
-
- What is OASIS?
-
- OASIS (OWL Automated Sales and Invoicing System) is a
- complete sales management system that includes: invoicing,
- automated billing, customer correspondence, mailing list
- management, and sales tracking. OASIS Features:
-
- * Intuitive menus that minimize typing. For example, to
- create an invoice you simply choose the customer and
- products sold from a series of menus. OASIS fills in
- the invoice and computes the sales tax for you.
- * Customer tracking. Customer profile reports show each
- customer, the items they have purchased and the dates
- each item was purchased.
- * Sales tracking. Product sales reports give a complete
- picture of the products that are selling and those that
- are not. The Buyers report shows you the names of
- customers who have purchased a particular product.
- * Mailing list management. Customers can be separated
- into up to 100 groups. Mailing labels and mail merge
- files can be generated for any combination of one or
- more groups of customers. This feature lets you target
- your mass mailings to just those customers who are most
- likely to respond to a given mailing.
- * OASIS can be configured to automatically compute two
- sales taxes (e.g., Canadian GST and PST).
- * Income data entered into OASIS can be imported into OWL
- Basic Bookkeeping to provide complete tracking of both
- sales income and business expenses.
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- OASIS requires Microsoft Windows 3.1 or above, a hard disk
- and 4 MB of memory.
-
- Upgrading from OASIS for DOS.
-
- The Upgrade Data option under File/Setup converts OASIS for
- DOS data for use with OASIS for Windows. When installing
- OASIS for Windows, DO NOT install it in the same directory
- where your DOS version of OASIS is installed.
-
- Upgrading from an earlier Windows version.
-
- Before installing this version use your present version of
- OASIS to make a backup disk of your data. In the File menu
- choose the Backup Data option to make the backup disk. This
- is a precautionary measure.
-
- During the installation process you will be prompted to
- choose either "Full Installation" or "Upgrade Installation."
- If you choose "Upgrade Installation" your present data files
- will be preserved. If you accidently choose Full
- Installation, your present data files will be overwritten
- and you will need to choose the "Restore Data" option to
- restore your backup data for use with the new version.
-
- Installation
-
- To install OASIS, use the Program Manager or File Manager to
- run OASIW430.EXE. For example, if you are installing from
- drive A:
-
- 1.From the Program Manager File or Win95 Start menu, choose
- Run.
- 2.In the Run dialog box, type "a:oasiw430.exe" and choose
- OK.
-
- The install program will allow you to select the drive and
- directory where OASIS will be installed. The default is
- C:\owl_bus. If you are reinstalling OASIS for Windows or
- installing an updated version, use the same directory where
- you originally installed the program.
-
- The Install program creates a program group named "OWL
- Business Apps" with icons for OASIS, OASIS User's Guide, and
- README.
-
- RUNNING THE PROGRAM
-
- The data files shipped with the program are empty. The
- Getting Started section of the User's Guide contains a step-
- by-step guide to program setup and creating your first
- invoice. To view this information double click the OASIS
- User's Guide icon then select Program Setup under Getting
- Started from the Table of Contents.
-
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
-
- If you are unable to resolve a question or you have
- difficulty running OASIS, please call us or send us a letter
- describing the problem. Include the exact text of the error
- message (if any) and a complete description of the problem,
- your computer system (computer, memory, graphics card, DOS
- and Windows version, contents of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
- files, etc.), the option you were running when the error
- occurred and any supplemental data that you entered under
- the option. If possible, please also include a disk created
- using the File/Backup Data option (your data will be held in
- strict confidence). We will investigate the problem and
- respond as quickly as possible.
-
- Our technical support group can be reached at:
-
- 'Otto-Williams Ltd. (OWL)
- P.O. Box 794
- Lanham, MD 20703-0794
-
- Phone: 301-306-0409
- Internet: 72144.1223@CompuServe.Com
- World Wide Web:
- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/owlsoft
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